Gender of officer lacks relevance

I am writing to express my dismay at an April 22 police log item in which your writer found it necessary to identify the Eastham arresting police officer as "a female officer."

I am writing to express my dismay at an April 22 police log item in which your writer found it necessary to identify the Eastham arresting police officer as "a female officer."

Why did you find it necessary to identify the gender of the arresting police officer? Does this make any difference to the reporting of this arrest, and why is it necessary to the integrity of this story?

In comparison, the article regarding the police arrests at the "disc golf" course in Barnstable on the same page mentioned "arresting police officers" without reference to their gender.

The gender of any law enforcement official should only be referenced in any news article if that officer's gender is relevant to the story involved.

I thought that our society had moved past this type of discrimination and sexism. You should be embarrassed.

Jean Carleton Skaff

East Falmouth

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